[SFDXA] SFDXA Digest, Vol 239, Issue 12

Mon Mar 18 15:54:52 EDT 2024

That is ridiculous!
Conrad Clarke
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>   1. Fw: 9N1AA (JACK)
>   2. FCC PROPOSES TAX ON 40 & 75 METERS RANTS (The Romagni's)
>   3. Re: FCC PROPOSES TAX ON 40 & 75 METERS RANTS (JACK HARTLEY)
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> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:32:24 +0000 (UTC)
> From: JACK <jhartley61 at verizon.net>
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> 73 & GUD DX 
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> From: "The Romagni's" <eromagni at gmail.com>
> To: WTDXA at groups.io, "sfdxa at mailman.qth.net" <sfdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [SFDXA] FCC PROPOSES TAX ON 40 & 75 METERS RANTS
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> FCC PROPOSES TAX ON 40 & 75 METERS RANTS
> By WD0SRI
> The FCC is constantly working to make the amateur operators on the ham bands
> more efficient and able to support themselves financially. Here?s one idea
> being
> kicked around the FCC offices and has been leaked out of D.C.:
> Proposed Rulemaking: Enact a Tax for use of the airwaves. Like over the road
> trucks pay for road use. The FCC has Nicknamed it the ?Hot Air Tax.?
> Considering the number of hams who spend countless hours on 40 and 80 meter
> SSB,
> talking about senseless things like politics, the weather, sports, guns,
> deer
> hunting, personal grudges, hog prices, fishing, coon hunting, trailers,
> bigfoot
> sightings, beer, bird dogs, tractors, best overalls, hog prices, country
> music(Spefically: Should Toby Keith?s Birthday become a national holiday?),
> agricultural progress( How?s the corn doing?), Historical discussions (How
> did
> Deepwater, MO, get named Deepwater?) SEC football, Should the Ozarks become
> a
> separate DXCC entinity because of shared cultural backgrounds?, and all
> Redneck
> things not mentioned above.
> The proposed Hot Air Tax has been leaked out of the D.C. headquarters and a
> Redneck Freedom of Speech League has been formed to combat the proposed Rule
> Making actions by the FCC.
> The Hot Air Tax suggest giving hams One rant a day on 75 and/or 40 SSB
> meters of no more than 15 minutes. Rants on 20 meters would be limited to 10
> minutes a day. Other bands would not be affected.
> If hams exceed more than one rant a day on the designated bands, an excise
> tax would be charged them by the FCC. However, the FCC has not mentioned
> how the
> tax would be collected or how the general enforcement of the Hot Air Tax
> would be
> accomplished. One method floating around D.C. is that it would be left to
> self
> policing of the bands by hams themselves. If this is true, there would be a
> run
> on cassette recorders in the antique stores and flea markets. Another
> method of
> monitoring the rants on the bands has suggested that the FCC will be using
> AI to
> monitor the bands and report on hams who can?t follow the new Rant limits.
> Even
> though this sounds possible, expert programing of Ozark slang or Redneck
> English
> would have to programed into the FCC computers. Several hams from Arkansas
> and
> Missouri with ties to the ARRL have volunteered to help establish a good
> data
> base for key phrases and words that can be linked to Redneck English
> language.
> Our own W0DR has been contacted for input on Redneck terminology.
> Keep your eyes and ears open on this new proposed Rule Making! Several KCDXC
> members could have the Hot Air Tax charged on them. One local club member
> has
> suggested that my columns in the newsletter could be subject to the Hot Air
> Tax?
> Anyway, Ya?ll be careful and keep your rants short!
> ?Speed Limits on CW? will be examined in my next column. -WD0SRI
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> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:48:04 -0400
> From: JACK HARTLEY <jhartley61 at verizon.net>
> To: The Romagni's <eromagni at gmail.com>
> Cc: sfdxa at mailman.qth.net, WTDXA at groups.io
> Subject: Re: [SFDXA] FCC PROPOSES TAX ON 40 & 75 METERS RANTS
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> It?s a little early for April?s fools jokes, isn?t it?
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>> On Mar 18, 2024, at 3:35?PM, The Romagni's <eromagni at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ?
>> FCC PROPOSES TAX ON 40 & 75 METERS RANTS
>> By WD0SRI
>> The FCC is constantly working to make the amateur operators on the ham bands
>> more efficient and able to support themselves financially. Here?s one idea being
>> kicked around the FCC offices and has been leaked out of D.C.:
>> Proposed Rulemaking: Enact a Tax for use of the airwaves. Like over the road
>> trucks pay for road use. The FCC has Nicknamed it the ?Hot Air Tax.?
>> Considering the number of hams who spend countless hours on 40 and 80 meter SSB,
>> talking about senseless things like politics, the weather, sports, guns, deer
>> hunting, personal grudges, hog prices, fishing, coon hunting, trailers, bigfoot
>> sightings, beer, bird dogs, tractors, best overalls, hog prices, country
>> music(Spefically: Should Toby Keith?s Birthday become a national holiday?),
>> agricultural progress( How?s the corn doing?), Historical discussions (How did
>> Deepwater, MO, get named Deepwater?) SEC football, Should the Ozarks become a
>> separate DXCC entinity because of shared cultural backgrounds?, and all Redneck
>> things not mentioned above.
>> The proposed Hot Air Tax has been leaked out of the D.C. headquarters and a
>> Redneck Freedom of Speech League has been formed to combat the proposed Rule
>> Making actions by the FCC.
>> The Hot Air Tax suggest giving hams One rant a day on 75 and/or 40 SSB
>> meters of no more than 15 minutes. Rants on 20 meters would be limited to 10
>> minutes a day. Other bands would not be affected.
>> If hams exceed more than one rant a day on the designated bands, an excise
>> tax would be charged them by the FCC. However, the FCC has not mentioned how the
>> tax would be collected or how the general enforcement of the Hot Air Tax would be
>> accomplished. One method floating around D.C. is that it would be left to self
>> policing of the bands by hams themselves. If this is true, there would be a run
>> on cassette recorders in the antique stores and flea markets. Another method of
>> monitoring the rants on the bands has suggested that the FCC will be using AI to
>> monitor the bands and report on hams who can?t follow the new Rant limits. Even
>> though this sounds possible, expert programing of Ozark slang or Redneck English
>> would have to programed into the FCC computers. Several hams from Arkansas and
>> Missouri with ties to the ARRL have volunteered to help establish a good data
>> base for key phrases and words that can be linked to Redneck English language.
>> Our own W0DR has been contacted for input on Redneck terminology.
>> Keep your eyes and ears open on this new proposed Rule Making! Several KCDXC
>> members could have the Hot Air Tax charged on them. One local club member has
>> suggested that my columns in the newsletter could be subject to the Hot Air Tax?
>> Anyway, Ya?ll be careful and keep your rants short!
>> ?Speed Limits on CW? will be examined in my next column. -WD0SRI
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